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Wenvoe
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Also known as Gwenfô, Gwenfo

Wenvoe () is a village, community and electoral ward between Barry and Cardiff in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Nearby are the Wenvoe Transmitter near Twyn-yr-Odyn and the site of the former HTV Wales Television Centre at Culverhouse Cross which is now a housing estate. It is home to the Wenvoe Quarry and Wenvoe Castle Golf Club.

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Place details

Locality
Wenvoe
Region
Cymru / Wales
Country
United Kingdom
Population
1,155
Timezone
Europe/London

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Key facts

UK place.static_image
Welcome to Wenvoe, Old Port Road - geograph.org.uk - 2222616.jpg
UK place.country
Wales
UK place.official_name
Wenvoe
UK place.welsh_name
Gwenfô
UK place.unitary_wales
Vale of Glamorgan
UK place.lieutenancy_wales
South Glamorgan
UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
Vale of Glamorgan
UK place.constituency_westminster
Vale of Glamorgan
UK place.post_town
Cardiff
UK place.postcode_area
CF
UK place.postcode_district
CF5
UK place.dial_code
029
UK place.population
1850
UK place.population_ref
(2011)
UK place.module
240pxMap of the community

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
community
Official name
Wenvoe
Population
2009
Area
1784.97
Image
WenvoeArms.jpg
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postal code
CF5
Commons category
Wenvoe
historic county
Glamorgan
P12749
email
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • History
  • Governance
  • Schools
  • Landmarks and attractions
  • Notable people
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

Wenvoe () is a village, community and electoral ward between Barry and Cardiff in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Nearby are the Wenvoe Transmitter near Twyn-yr-Odyn and the site of the former HTV Wales Television Centre at Culverhouse Cross which is now a housing estate. It is home to the Wenvoe Quarry and Wenvoe Castle Golf Club.

==History== Maintaining a thriving farming community for centuries, Wenvoe, while still a farming village to an extent, has doubled in population in the last hundred years due to new housing developments.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wenvoe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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